Typewbiting machine



Feb. 1925- 1,525,039

- c. E. NORIN TYPEWRITING MACHINE Filed Nov. 4, 1922 Aim/way iatented3', i925.

LEZEMQ PATENT OFFICE.

CARL E. NOR-IN, OF JERSEY CITY, NEW] JERSEY, ASSIGNOR TO UNDERWOOD TYPEWRITER CQMPANY, OF NEW YORK, N. L, A CORPORATION OF DELAW'ARE.

TYPEWB ITENG MACHINE.

Application filed November 4-, 1922.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CARL E. Noam, a citizen of the United States,residing in dersey City, in the county of Hudson and State of NewJersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in TypewritingMachines, of which the following a specification.

This invention relates to a card or label holding attachment fortypewriting machines, and more particularly to that class of holderwhich is of resilient sheet material conforming, when distended, to thecurvature of the platen, but which, by reason of its resiliency, firmlyclasps the platen when positioned thereon. In such devices, the holdermay be of variable width, but for firm attachment to the platen ispreferably of such width as to embrace more than half of thecircumference of the latter, so as to securely grip the same. Inoperation the upper edge of the label is inserted under the holder andis so held to the platen by the spring pressure of the holder thereonthat the label will move with the platen as the latter is rotated andhas its line-feed movements. Holders of this character ordin arilypermit of complete rotation of the platen, so that the label may beinserted under the edge of the holder and be carried rearwardly aroundthe platen and up under the usual pressure rolls to printing position,the pressure rolls assisting in holding the label during the printingoperation.

The principal feature of the present invention is the provision of aholder of the type referred to having a resilient finger projectinglaterally from it to extend across the entire upper margin of a labeland press it against the platen, thus effecting a secure and even grip011 the card across its entire upper margin without afiecting the gripof the card-holder on the platen.

In a holder constructed according to the present invention, thebody-portion of the holder may extend substantially more than half wayaround the platen to grip the same, and yet at the same time a majorportion of the entire circumference of the platen is available forwriting, so that the capacity of the device for use with labels ofdifferent lengths is much greater than the capacity of formerlabel-holders of this general type, wherein the label is gripped at thelower edge of the holder in circumferential align- Serial No. 598,995.

ment therewith. This feature is of special advantage in connection withmachines having platens of small diameter, such as portable machines,with which machines labelhOlders of this type are considerably used.

In the preferred embodiment of the invention hereinafter set forth, theholder is slotted at opposite sides of the resilient finger to permitfiexure of the finger throughout a. portion remote from the cardengagingportion thereof, and the finger is so formed in its normal unstressedcondition that it will be tensioned by engagement with the platen whenthe holder is applied to the platen. The outer end of the finger isundercut to facilitate insertion of the label beneath it from the side.

Other features and advantages will hereinafter appear.

In the accompanying drawings- Figure 1 is a front elevation of theplaten of a typewriter with the label-holder applied Ithereto, and along label held in position Figure 2 is a. side elevation showing one ofthe types near the printing position, and showing a short label held bythe labelholder.

Figure 3 is a perspective view of the parts shown in Figures 1 and 2.

A label-holder 10 is shown as applied to a rotary platen 11, which maybe the platen of any standard typewriting machine. The holder 10 isshown as a piece of resilient sheet-metal, which, when removed "from theplaten, has a tendency to contract, but which, when distended by theplaten, assumes the curvature of the platen and snugly embraces it. Theliolders tendency to contract causes it to grip the platen in suchmanner as to be held thereto without slipping, and so that, without anyextraneous holding means, it will stay wherever placed upon the platenand will rotate as a unit therewith. The extremities 12 and 13 of theholder 10 extend substantially more than half way around thecircumference of the platen, and therefore require a greater distentionof the holder in the operation of placing it on the platen than isrequired to hold it in place after its front and rear edges have crossedadiametrical line of the platen.

The holder tapers in width from its central body-portion toward itsextremities 12 and 13 to increase its flexibility toward said slots. Theouter extremity of this finger has a beveled lower surface 16 tofacilitate the insertion of a label thereunder. The finger 15, being ofthin resilient material, is fieai b le throughout its entire length tothe point of its juncture with the body-portion at the bases of theslots 14-, and is or a normal shape such that it will be enabled toengage 'an inserted label 17 along substantially its entire upper marginand press it evenly against the platen.

The finger is also out substantial width and is therefore enabled toengage the label along a considerable portion of its length to assureefi'ective gripping thereof. If'a card o1" sufiicient thickness to'IHOVQ the body-portion of the holder be inserted, the oppositeextremities of the holder will yield equally causing the movement awayfrom the platen to be in effect a bodily movement in the direction of aline passed through'the axis of the platen and through the finger. Thereis no tendency oi this finger to be rocked about an axis parallel to theaxis of the platen, and hence no tendency for it to be tilted into aposition such that it will engage the label merely along a line.

In using a typewriter equipped with this invention, the. operator willinsert the upper margin of a label laterally beneath. the resili'entfinger 15, such insertion being facilitated by the beveled lower-surface16 of the finger, and will position the label beneath the finger in theposition shown. in several figures of the drawings. He will then turnthe platen to bring the label to the line of writing, and the label willbe typed in the usual way by types Variations may be resorted to withint scope of the invention, and portions of t improvements may be usedwithout others.

Having thus described my invention. 1 claim:

1. A resilient 'label-hohler for a typewriting machine, comprising asingle body-portion for gripping the platen, and a label gripping tongueprojecting longitudinally of the platen-from said body-portion andhaving at its end a lip to guide beneath thetongue a label insertedlongitudinally of the platen.

2. A label-holder in the form of a single body-portion gripping theplaten by its own resiliency and conforming to the curvature thereof,and having a resilient labeldiolding finger projecting lengthwise of theplaten from said body-portion to press a label against the platen.

3. In a typewriting machine, a platen, and a label-holder comprising abody-portion having tapering extremities tor embracing the platen andgripping the. same by their own resiliency, and a finger extending fromthe body-portion beyond a lateral edge thereof to engage a label along asubstantial portion of its upper margin and fix its position withrelation to the platen.

4. A label-holder for a typewriting machine, comprising a body-portionfor securing the holder to the platen for rotation therewith, and aresilient tongue projecting lengthwise of the platen beyond a lateraledge of the body-portion to engage an inserted label and press itagainst the platen, said body-portion being slotted at opposite sides ofthe root of the tongue, said root eX- tending inwardly beyond thelateral edge of the body-portion, said tongue flexing relativel to thebody-portion.

'7 u n u 5. A label-holder for a typewriting machine, comprising asingle body-portion for gripping the platen by its own resiliency, and alabel-gripping tongue projecting lengthwise ot the platenbeyond alateral edge of the body-portion and substantially midway of said edgearranged to engage a considerable area of an inserted label regardlessof the thickness of said-label, the free end of said tongue formed tofacilitate the lateral insertion of a label therebeneath.

6. A label-holder for a type-writing machine, comprising a single bodyand a pair of resilient fingers gripping the platen, and alabel-engagingtongue projecting lengthwise oi the platen beyonda lateral edge of saidbody and forming its connection with the body at a point interior of thebody from said lateral edge. I

7. A label-holder for a t-ypewriting niachine, comprising a singlebody-portion for gripping the platen, and a tongueconnected to thebody-portion for holding a label i'or writing in a position laterallybeyond the limits of said body-portion, the trecend of said tongue beingarranged to guide be neat-h the tongue a label inserted longitudinallyof the platen.

8. In a typewriting machine, the combination with a rotary platen, oflabel holder, comprising a body-portion arranged to embrace the platenand by its ownresiliency to grip the platen and-conform thereto, and alaterally-eatending resilient finger arranged to engage an inserted.label along substantially the entire-dipper margin thereof to hold it inplace against the platen, the said finger having the outer extremity bfits lower face beveled to facilitate lateral insertion of the labelbeneath the finger.

CAB-ii b10315},

l Vitnesses p CATHERINE A. Nnwnmy, JENNIE P. THORNE.

